Family and Education
b. c. 1470, ?7th s. of Sir John Wingfield of Letheringham, Suff. by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Lewis John of West Horndon, Essex; bro. of Humphrey and Thomas. m. (1) by 1497, Eleanor, da. of Sir William Raynsford of Bradfield, Essex; (2) lic. 4 July 1519, Joan, illegit. da. of Sir Edward Poynings of Westenhanger, Kent, wid. of Thomas Clinton alias Fiennes, 8th Lord Clinton (d. 7 Aug. 1517), s.p. Kntd. by 2 July 1509.Date of birth estimated from family history. DNB; P. Buckland, ‘Sir Robert and Sir Richard Wingfield’ (Birmingham Univ. MA thesis, 1968); CP, iii. 317; M. E. Wingfield, Visct. Powerscourt, Muniments of Wingfield, 3.
Offices Held
Usher, the chamber by 1505; bailiff, honor of Eye, Suff., and constable of Eye castle 2 July 1509, bailiff, manors of Syleham and Veale, Suff. 10 Apr. 1510; knight of the body by 1511; Councillor in 1511; jt. marshal of Calais 6 Aug. 1513–20, lt. of the castle ?1523 – 26, dep. 1526 – 31, mayor in 1534.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: London; Calais, France.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
WINGFIELD, Sir Robert (c.1470-1539)
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